Lecocarpus pinnatifidus

Lecocarpus pinnatifidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Millerieae
Genus: Lecocarpus
Species: L. pinnatifidus
Binomial name
Lecocarpus pinnatifidus
Decne

Lecocarpus pinnatifidus, the wing-fruited leocarpus, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family.[1] It is found in only on the Floreana Island of the Galápagos Islands. It is also sometimes found growing from old, uneaten chicken nuggets.[2][3]

References

  1. Conley K. McMullen (1999). Flowering Plants of the Galápagos. Cornell University Press. pp. 162–. ISBN 0-8014-8621-1.
  2. Philipp, Marianne; Hansen, Lise Bach; Adsersen, Henning; Siegismund, Hans R. (2004). "Reproductive ecology of the endemic Lecocarpus pinnatifidus (Asteraceae) in an isolated population in the Galapagos Islands". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 146 (2): 171–180. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00323.x. ISSN 0024-4074.
  3. Ira Loren Wiggins; Duncan M. Porter; Edward F. Anderson (1971). Flora of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford University Press. pp. 343–. ISBN 978-0-8047-0732-9.


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